File-clip



APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7, 1918'.

E. J. HANSEN.

FILE CLIP.

Patented Feb. 3, 1920.

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EBBE J. HANSEN, OF LGS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

FILE-CLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb.3, 1920.

Application filed January 7, 1918. Serial No. 210,659.

To all tlflLOF/L it may concern:

Be it known that I, Enen J HANsnN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles, State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in File-Clips, ofwhich the.

following is a specification.

lvly invention has relation more particularly to a spring actuated billclip, provided with a bill impaling hook.

An object of my invention is to provide a novel form of bill clip,comprising two clamping members held in resilient relation to eachother, and pr vided with a novel form of hinge construction, whereby thetwo clamping members will be automatically forced away in parallelrelation from each other as bills or other papers are insertedtherebetween.

A further object of my invention is to provide a bill clip constructionconsisting of two clamping members having a novel form of bill iinpalinghook connected to one of s id members, and formed integrally therewith,said hook projecting through an aperture forn'ied in the other of saidmembers. whereby when the two members are forced apart the bills orother papers will be held in position on the impaling hook.

I accomplish the of the device herein described and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved clip.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of the upper portion of the front clampingmembers.

Fig. 4i is a detail plan view of the upper portion of the rear clampingmember.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional detail of one of the connecting hingesof the clamping member taken on line 5-5 of 1.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional detail of the bill impaling hook takenon line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

My improved file clip preferably consists of two substantially flatmembers 10 and 11, formed of sheet metal and struck from dies. The rearor stationary clamping member 10 is preferably rectangular inconfiguration, and its upper transverse edge is provided with acentrally disposed arm 12 formed integrally therewith, the extreme outerend of said arm being provided with an aperture 13 for suspensionpurposes. Arm 12 is preferably bent rearwardly so as to provide aboveobjects by means.

space for the sprin hinges connecting the members 10 and 11 when theclip issuspended from a wall. or other surface. Member 10 is alsoprovided adjacent its edges with a strengthening rib 14, designed toimpart additional rigidity to said member when in use.

Clamping member 10, is providedadjacent its upper transverse edge with apair of ribs 15 and l6 disposed in parallel rela- 'tionto said upperedge, one. on each side of arm 12, forming. spring hinge seats on therear face. The upper transverse edge of clamping member 10, is formedinto a plurality of forwardly projecting tongues 18, 19 and 20, tongues18 and 19 being disposed to one side of arm 12 while tongue 20 .is onthe other side of said arm.

Clamping member 10 is also provided at the center thereof with astrengthening rib 25, which extends downwardly from aperture 13 toapproximately the center of the clamping member, a short verticallydisposed strengthening rib 26 being disposed on either side of rib 25. l

The body of member 10 adjacent the lower end of rib 25is provided withan impaling hook 26, preferably formed integral with said body member.Hook 26 projects forwardly and preferably at right angles to member 10,being semi-circular in cross section and pointed on its outer end sobills or other papers may be readily inserted thereon.

Clamping member 11 is of substantially the same configuration as, member10 with the exception that it is shorter in length as clearly shown inFig. 1 of the drawin This member is also provided adjacentits edges witha strengthening rib 27 and its upper transversely disposed edge isprovided with a centrally disposed extension 28 which forms a thumbclamp for operating said member. Member 11 like member 10 is alsoprovided adjacent its upper transverse edge and on either side of theextension 28 with ribs 29 and 30 forming spring hinge seats on its frontface. The upper transversely disposed edge is also provided with aplurality of tongues 31, 32, and 33, which are bent rearwardly as bestshown in Fig. 4, of the drawings which interlock with tongues 18, '19,and 20, of member 10, by this construction all danger of any lateralmovement of one member in relation to the other is avoided. Further, byinterlocking the various tongues formed on both members when a largenumber of bills are inserted between the clamping members 10' and 11,they will maintain a parallel relation to each other, and thus provideroom for a great many more bills or papers than could be insertedbetween the members if the hinge portions were of usual form.

The two clamping members 10 and 11 are secured in resilient relation toeach other by means of a pair of split tubular springs 84, 35, the endsof said springs being disposed in the seats 16, 30, and 15, and 29,formed on the upper edge of the members.

Member 11 is also provided with a vertically disposed strengthening rib86, a shorter rib 37 being disposed on either side thereof. In order toallow the impaling hook 26 to project through the body of member 11, anaperture 38 is formed therein, which aperture registers with a hook whenthe two members are in normal relation to each other and as shown inFigs. 1 and 6 of the drawings.

Extension or thumb piece 28is bent forwardly a suflicient distance so asto permit of a complete disengagement of hook 26, with aperture 88formed in clamping member 11 when it is desired to place bills or papersthereon or to remove the same.

From the above it will be observed that l have produced an inexpensiveform of bill clip or clamp that will accommodate and securely hold alarger number of papers than similar constructions. Also, by the novelarrangement of interlocking tongues formed on the upper edges of the twoclamping members, all danger of accidental engagement of the tubularsprings is avoided.

What I claim is:

1. A device of the class described, comprising a pair of clampingmembers, means to secure said members in resilient relation to eachother, and interlocking tongues formed on each member to prevent lateralmovement of the same when said members are forced apart.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a pair of clampingmembers, each of said members having seats at their upper edges for thereception of tubular springs, tubular springs mounted in said seatsadapted to normally maintain said members in clamped relation to eachother, and intel-locking tongues formed on said members to preventlateral movement when said members are forced apart.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a pair of clampingmembers, means -to secure said members in resilient relation to eachother, an impaling hook formed on one of said members and projectingthrough an aperture formed in the other of said members, and meansformed on both members to prevent lateral movement of said members whensame are forced apart.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my namethis 20th day of December, 1917.

EBBE J. HANSEN.

